recipes – Page 50 – Nancy on the Home Front

Hot Milk Sponge Cake

depression era, homemade cake, prudent living

A dear friend I met while living in Florida shared this Hot Milk Sponge Cake recipe with me. simple ingredients but so good.

Turkey Victoria Soup

I make a delicious turkey stock with the last bits of the turkey I then to use the stock to make Turkey Victoria Soup, it’s the best soup ever!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas weekend. I feel like I’m still on vacation, after all our boys are home from college and they are enjoying time off. It also feels like a Monday when it really is Tuesday. It’s a lazy morning here, the boys are still asleep as I write andContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Homemade Bread”

York Sensational Brownies

I found this recipe on the back of a package of York Peppermint Patties. I’ve been making these York Sensational Brownies every Christmas!

Frugal Tips: Homemade Holiday Potpourri

Are you still looking for a simple gift idea? Perhaps you plan to be entertaining and want your house to smell wonderful. Here is a simple recipe for a delightful smelling potpourri. In preparation for this recipe I have been drying orange peels for the last week, our counter has a rather large pile ofContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Homemade Holiday Potpourri”

Turkey Lasagna – Healthy and Low Fat

Around the holidays I’m always trying to fit in meals that are healthy and low fat, this turkey lasagna is easy to put together and freezes well.

Prudent Pantry: Oats

Oats are a staple that everyone should have in their pantry! They have so many uses, as a hot cereal on a cold winter morning, for making bread, baking cookies or even making granola. You can use rolled oats as a meat extender in meat loaves. Oat flour makes rich thickeners for soups, gravies andContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Oats”

Frugal Tips: Snax Mix and Coffee Cans

Funny the things you grow up with and the things you don’t. In my house growing up I don’t ever remember my mother making any sort of Chex Mix at Christmas, she made other things such as delicious Christmas cookies which we loved to decorate. In the collection of recipes my mother-in-law gave me whenContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Snax Mix and Coffee Cans”

Recipe Box: Pear & Bleu Cheese Salad

Remember those candied nuts I made earlier this week? They are a wonderful addition to this Pear and Bleu Cheese Salad. This will be served with what we’ll be eating on Christmas Day, I’m sure it is destined to become a family favorite! Ingredients: 1 head of spinach or about 10 oz of fresh saladContinue reading “Recipe Box: Pear & Bleu Cheese Salad”

Prudent Pantry: Soft Wheat Berries

A few weeks ago I wrote about wheat berries. There are actually two types of wheat: hard and soft. The key difference between them is protein content. Where wheat is grown can determine protein content: Northwestern US and western Canada produce a hard wheat that’s very high in protein, while the southern US states growContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Soft Wheat Berries”